Axel Nilsson Ryning, born 1552, died 8 January 1620, was a
Swedish Lord High Admiral, Marshal, Councilor, and Baron to Tuna farm in Österåker parish in the current
Österåker municipality in
Österskär
Österskär is eastern part of Åkersberga, Österåker Municipality in Sweden. It hosts the terminal station of the Stockholm suburban railway Roslagsbanan.
The area is located in a hilly peninsula between Tunaviken and Sätterfjärden northwe ...
in
Åkersberga
Åkersberga is a locality and the seat of Österåker Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 28,033 inhabitants in 2010.
History
In 1901 a railway station named ''Berga'' was opened on this rural spot some 30 km from Stockholm. Some ...
,
Stockholm county. Son of Nils Eriksson Ryning and Ingeborg Trolle.
Biography
Ryning was one of
Gustav II Adolf
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's guardians and married to Margareta Bielke, daughter of Claes Nilsson Bielke and Elin Fleming.
His activities began immediately after the death of
Johan III
John III ( sv , Johan III, fi, Juhana III; 20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1569 until his death. He was the son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife Margaret Leijonhufvud. He was also, quite autonomous ...
, when he was appointed to Duke Charles' council in 1592 and in the same year mediated reconciliation between the duke and the six councilors, who in 1590 were arrested for forging stamps.
On his departure in 1594, Sigismund appointed Erik Brahe, who was a Catholic, as
governor of Stockholm
The Governor of Stockholm ( sv, överståthållaren) was the head of the Office of the Governor of Stockholm ( sv, Överståthållarämbetet, ÖÄ), and as such he was the highest Swedish State official overseeing the affairs in the City of Stoc ...
. In 1599, Erik Brahe was replaced by Axel Ryning and Carl Sture.
Three years later he was appointed Councilor and Admiral by the Duke and was, along with several other Swedish gentlemen, a part of The Council of State which was at the peace meeting with the Danes in Flaksjöbäck the same year 1602. Gustaf II Adolf rewarded Ryning's accomplishments by elevating him to Marshal and Lagman which was recorded in Södermanland's 1611 law saga.
At the king's coronation in 1617, Ryning was knighted.
References
1552 births
Swedish nobility
1620 deaths
Swedish admirals
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